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December 8, 2006
 Good luck Mountaineers!
FCS Playoffs: Youngstown State at ASU.
ASU is the top-seeded team in the 2006 NCAA Division I Football Championship and will host Youngstown State in the semifinal round of the 16-team playoffs.
Game time: 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at Kidd Brewer Stadium, ASU.
Televised by ESPN.
Tickets: Adults $20, youth $5. |
FCS playoffs:Youngtown State at ASU
Mountaineers host Penguins Saturday at The Rock
It seems the FCS playoff committee got things just right this year. All four of the tournament seeds reached the semifinals of the playoffs this year, including No. 1-seeded Appalachian State and No. 4 seed Youngstown State. The two face each other in the semifinals of the playoffs Saturday at Kidd Brewer Stadium with the winner playing the survivor of No. 2 seed Montana and No. 3 Massachusetts.
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Commentary: Things to remember for Saturday
Let’s see. Just what do we need for the Appalachian State football survivors guide? Tickets? Check. Heavy coats? Check. Snow tires? Supposedly we’re supposed to get some snow this weekend. Better be on the safe side. Heavy blankets? Check. Now for the important stuff.
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WHS girls rip Warriors
Watauga girls’ basketball coach Todd Dixon would like to bottle the Pioneers’ 63-29 victory over West Caldwell at Lentz-Eggers Gym Wednesday and bring it out whenever things get a little dicey.
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Pioneers dump West Caldwell
When Watauga boys’ basketball coach Rob Sanders made the Pioneers’ 2006-07 schedule, he wanted to put some difficult games on it.
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December 6, 2006
Unforgettable
And they are … that’s the Watauga High School Pioneers. In Friday’s issue of the Watauga Democrat, a special 12-page section will be featured, devoted to looking at the Pioneers’ 2006 football season. The section is also highlighted with many team, game and individual player photos. Be sure to pick up a copy commemorating their special season.
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Running back rewriting ASU record book
Kevin Richardson is living proof that recruiting is an inexact science.
While several running backs are lucky enough to earn scholarships out of high school, Richardson was a walk-on out of East Bladen High School in Elizabethtown, N.C., but ended up with a scholarship by the time the 2004 season started.
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Mountaineers rally past ’Dogs
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Jeremy Clayton scored 14 points and had 10 rebounds to help Appalachian State rally to a 56-52 win over The Citadel on Monday night. The Mountaineers (5-2, 2-0 Southern Conference) trailed 44-28 with 14 minutes to go, but scored 13 points in a row during a 24-2 run over the next seven minutes to take a 48-46 lead.
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December 4, 2006
A job well done
Watauga High School head football coach Adrian Snow delivers an emotion-laden, post-season speech to his Pioneers after the team lost to West Charlotte Friday evening in Boone, curtailing their quest to advance to the state finals. Snow told his players to hold their heads high and to be proud of their excellent season that pushed the team to the semifinals. For more details on the game please link with Sports in the side menu. The Watauga Democrat congratulates the Pioneers for a season well played. They made us all proud. Photo by Marie Freeman |
Pioneers fall to West Charlotte in Western finals
It was not the way Watauga’s football team wanted to end a season that has seen plenty of highs and an occasional miracle here and there. With their top running back, Eric Breitenstein, out with a knee injury, the Pioneers were forced to once again play a playoff game without their top weapon. They were able to beat Greensboro Page in the second round of the state 4-A playoffs with Breitenstein out of the lineup with a concussion.
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Loss can’t overshadow magical year
The good thing about having a playoff system is that not only do deserving teams get a chance to play for a championship, a champion is actually crowned in the end. The bad thing about a playoff is that all but one team in the tournament loses their final game.
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Two fourth-quarter TDs clinch ASU victory
At times, Appalachian State was its own worst enemy. Still, committing three first-half turnovers was not enough to derail the Mountaineers. Instead, Appalachian State used two Montana State turnovers in the fourth quarter to bury the Bobcats 38-17 in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs Saturday in front of 15,116 at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
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Watauga basketball faces Huskies
The good thing about the early part of a basketball season that, even after a tough loss, there is always another game coming up on the schedule.
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ASU women dump UNO in tourney
NEW ORLEANS — Five Mountaineers scored in double digits when Appalachian State beat the University of New Orleans 85-70 in the Four Points by Sheraton UNO Lady Privateer Invitational Saturday.
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ASU begins indoor season
Brittani Williams led the Mountaineers with individual victories in both the weight throw and the shot put with distances of 14.53 meters and 14.56 meters, respectively, as Appalachian State hosted the Appalachian Invitational at the Holmes Center on Saturday.
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App trips Cougars, Citadel up next
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — D.J. Thompson scored 19 points and Demetrius Scott added 16 as Appalachian State defeated the College of Charleston, 68-57, in the Southern Conference opener for both schools Saturday.
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Oak Hill rolls to win
Even when it gets off to a slow start, Oak Hill Academy has the ability to blow teams out of the gym. The Warriors did just that in the New River Building Supply Hoops Classic Thursday. Oak Hill got off to a slow start, but hit its afterburners in the second quarter and buried Veritas Christian Academy 97-52 at the Holmes Center.
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Hendrix leads Hope to win over Future
Hope Christian Academy got 20 points from Gaither Hendrix and 13 more from J.T. Thompson and beat Future Academy 72-53 Thursday at the New River Hoops Classic at the Holmes Center.
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